Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.